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mooring mast

noun

  1. the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.


mooring mast

noun

  1. a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored Also calledmooring tower
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mooring mast1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

They saw its two hundred foot mooring mast for dirigibles rising above the eighty-five stories of the main structure.

The dirigible is now connected with the head of the mooring mast by a long length of steel wire rope.

One looked to Quest like a miniature broadcasting tower or a mooring mast for lighter than air craft.

We climbed the dark and empty stairs, upward into the mooring mast.

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